A key part of the work of Peace Dividend Trust in Haiti is to expand its services to cities outside of Port-au-Prince in order to strengthen businesses across the country. The video and storyboard posted here documents a training and networking event for entrepreneurs and NGOs in the historic colonial city of Jacmel in southern Haiti. The video is in French/Creole with English subtitles. PDT has held similar workshops in the cities of St-Marc, Cap Haitien, and Gonaïves, always with the goal of promoting its campaign to “buy local” nationwide. //

Un élément fondamental du travail de Peace Dividend Trust en Haïti est d’étendre ses services aux villes en dehors de Port-au-Prince en vue de renforcer les entreprises à travers le pays. // A key part of the work of Peace Dividend Trust in Haiti is to expand its services to cities outside of Port-au-Prince in order to strengthen businesses across the country.

La partie renforcement des capacités du programme, dirigé par le directeur de la formation de PDT Fransonnette Prussien, a couvert les préceptes de la création d’entreprises, de la formalisation et de l’inscription, ainsi que la manière d’identifier et de tirer profit de nouvelles opportunités d’affaires et de l’approvisionnement d’organisations internationales. // The capacity-building portion of the program, run by PDT Training Director Fransonnette Prussien, covered the tenets of business creation, formalization, and registration, as well as how to identify and profit from new business opportunities and sourcing to international organizations.

« C’est une initiative vraiment importante de la part de PDT. Nous savons maintenant qu’il y a un site où tous les entrepreneurs peuvent offrir leurs marchandises, biens et services, et où nous pouvons également dire ce dont nous avons besoin… » // “This is a really important initiative that PDT is doing. We now know that there is a site where all businessmen can offer their merchandise, goods and services, we and where we can also state what we need…”

Les entreprises locales ont ensuite eu l’occasion de participer à une session de « jumelage » avec des organisations internationales, et ont également pu présenter aux ONG les biens et les services qu’ils peuvent offrir. // Local businesses were then given the opportunity to participate in a “matchmaking” session with international organizations, and were able to tell the NGOs about the goods and services they can provide.